Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-16
REAGAN'S BILL.
Judge C. w. Cotton of Hamilton
County, Tex, Goes to the Ma
tionaI Capital for a Bride,
Senator Reagan Introduces Bill to
Regulate immigration, Providing
for Inspectors at Ports of Entry.
Senator Butler of South Carolina Intro
duees a Measure TO Improve the Low
Water Navigation of Tho Sisaiesfppi
EEAGAN's IMMIGRATION BILL.

! IroQuCsQ To-day by Senator Reagan to
regulate immigration authorizes the Sec
retary OF the Treasury TO appoint siin-
spectors Of immigration" to be stationed
at such ports of entry as he NAV deem
proper, an1 toireceive sslarY Of s. per
day The Secretary is directed to draft
resolutions for the landing OF passengers
aud to protect them from Imposition
Power is conferred on the inspectors Of
immigration to board vessels and remove
immigrants temporarily for the purpose Of
ascertainiDg whether they are prohibited
to land under the act. All unfit persons
are 10 be kept under the surveillance OF
the collector Of the port until
returned to the country whence
they came, the expense of their return
to be borne by the owners of the vess. Is
| bringing them over. Before the imDi-
grant shall be permitted 10 land the mas
Ter Of the vessel shall produce certifl-
cate for each immigrant, certifying that
he is not exported for crime, is not q
pauper, lunatic or idiot, not in charge of
blood relations or authorized guardians,
is not an assisted immigrant and is not
under contract to labor in the United
S stes. A bond shall be given as guar
antee against the indiscriminate issuing
of certifc stes on the part of the seam
| ship company. II is made unlawful for
any person interdicted by the prOvisiocs
of the act to enter the United States or
| for transportation company to bring
him to this country.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BILL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA Senator Butler
| introduced with slight amendments the
| bill reported from the committee or the
improvement of the Mississippi river last
session and known as the CoWdon outlet
bill. II is entitled "a bill to make Lske
Borgne en outlet, to improve the low
water navigation of the Mississippi river
from New Orleans to Cairo, and incident
ally to retain ard protect the low lands OF
Mississippi from overflow without
levees."
A TEXAN MARRIED.
Special to the Gazette.
WAsHINGTON Dec. I4-County Judge
Cotton Of Hamilton county, Texas, and
Miss Fannie Rust OF this city were mar
ried here to-day and left for New York on
bridal tour
POsTMASTERS' CONVENTION.
WASHINGTON, Dec l4.-The national
convention Of third and fourth clsss post
masters have adopted the following as
basis Of bill TO be hereafter formulated
and presented to Congress:
We recommend that the government
shall allow to pOStm 8ster5 Of third class
sll revenue which NAV accrue from the
rent Of boxes in their Offices. We also
recommend and request that the expense
of light and fuel snail be borne by RE
government, believing IS we do thst
such an item Of expense is properly
chargesble to the appropriation for
support and maintenance of the postal
service. We further recommend that the
government allow to offices of third class
an amount sufficient 10 employ compe-
tent clerical force tO properly conduct the
busine So Of the office.
It is recommended that the expenses OF
rent, light and fuel Of fourth-class offices
be allowed by the government upon the
following basis: Ga salary OF $50 per
year and not to exceed $50, $25;
on salary OF $3.50 per year
and not to exceed $500,
$780, on sGlary exceeding $500 per
year, aud not exceeding $500, SIS; on 8
salary exceeding $500, and not TO exceed
$3.50, 500; on Sd arg exceeding S750, and
not To exceed $1,000, 500.
1t is also recommended that clerk hire
be allowed in separating offices, where
mails are separated for other Offices, as
follows: one mail per week, $40 per
year; two mails per week, $50 per year;
three mails per week, $50 per year; ont
mail daily, $50 per year; two mails daily,
Sl00 per year; three mails daily, ; 90
per year; Jour mails daily. $3.50 per year;
five mails or more daily, $500 per year.
We recommend all railway postal
clerks be supplied with suitable govern
ment card on which to report to post
masters the amount OF mail matte- Of ell
classes that may be deposited in
their cars, and that these cards
shall be addressed to the postmaster at
each and every office where such mail
matter may be placed on trains, and that
the postmaster shall be entitled to tske
credit in his quarterly report upon the
amount OF stamps cancelled, as reported
upon said cards. It recommends that no
postmaster receive less compensation
than S25 per year, and that fourth class
postmasters 'rece i've 10 per cent. of the
first 500 OF stamps Cancelled, 60 per cent
of the next 500, so per cent. of the mex
$500 and 40 per cent. Of the balance until
the commission amounts to $3.50,
exclusive of box rents. 1t is recon-
mended that when the cancellations
amount to $1,000 per fiscal year, or when
the gross receipts amount to $1,000 for
any one year exclusive OF the money
order business, it shall be declared third
class office.
The following resolution was also
adopted:
Whereas, the law as ii exists st the
present time in relation to the admission
of newspapers and other publications into
the mails as second-class matter Is not
sufficient to protect the government from
loss in the transportation OF Legitimate
matter and is drag and weight upon our
postal system, 1t is therefore
Resolved by the Postmssters' National
Convention, tnats law sheuld De go framed
as to exclude from the privileges Of SEC
ond-class matter sll publications not en-
braced in the order Of legitimate journals,
and it is further
Resolved, that this convention heartily
indorses the recommendations on this
subject contained in the honorable Third
Assistant Postmaster Generals last an
nual report.
A series of resolutions was also adopt
ed indorsing the administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland, and EXPIRE ssing their ap-
probation OF the Efforts Of Postmaster
General Vilas and First Assistant Post
masterGeneral Stevenson to improve the
postal service.
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